Test 8 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
In a cartoon, someone says sorry and the other instantly hugs them. In real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, other · What happens: say, hug · To what, where: cartoon, them · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, someone says sorry and the other instantly hugs them.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 says | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hugs | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hugs | nsubj |
| 11 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 12 hugs | advmod |
| 12 | hugs | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hugs | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | someone | a cartoon | sorry property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner | |||
| 2 | hug | present | the other | them = they | instantly property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: In real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 life | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You must hug after every sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hug | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hug | aux |
| 3 | hug | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 sorry | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 sorry | det |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hug | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | must | You | after every sorry | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It can take time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | can | It | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It always works instantly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 works | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | It | always, instantly property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Sorries are never accepted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorries | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 accepted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 accepted | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 accepted | advmod |
| 4 | accepted | accept | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not accept | present · passive | Sorries | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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